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Dr. Malati Das

Former IAS Officer & Chief Secretary
Planning & Statistics

Dr Malati Das has worked as an IAS officer in the state of Karnataka. She retired as Chief Secretary. As Additional Chief Secretary, Planning and Statistics, she developed the conceptual framework, and managed the preparation of the Karnataka Human Development Report 2005. As Secretary, Women and Child Development, she developed a gender action plan for the state known as the Karnataka Women's Development Plan. Dr. Das has worked with the World Bank as a consultant in Ethiopia, Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Bangalore, and currently she is an advisor with Janaagraha

Dr. S.T. Ramesh

Former DG & IG, Karnataka

Dr S.T. Ramesh worked as an IPS officer in the state of Karnataka. He retired as the DGP of Karnataka in 2011. He was the Central Intelligence Office, Intelligence Bureau, Bangalore, Deputy IG CID, & IG Police Computer Wing & State Crime Record Bureau, where he digitized the crime record of Karnataka. He represented India for various overseas programs related to police & security, including the Atlanta Olympics, 1996. He has also received various accolades viz. the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service – Independence Day 1995, President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service – Independence Day 2007

No, it is not a police officer who beats you! Just so you know, no policeman is allowed to use force with anyone except if they are resisting arrest or trying to escape. A beat police officer is called that because he has a regular specific area or route which he patrols - sometimes with another police officer - to check if everything is in order and nothing suspicious is going on. On night patrols the beat constable will sometimes call out or bang their lathis to indicate that he is on his rounds.

The constable is at the lowest rung of the ladder. From here the ranks move up to the Head Constable (HC), Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Sub-Inspector (SI), Inspector (IP), Assistant/Deputy Superintendent of Police (ASP/DySP), Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl SP), Superintendent of Police (SP), Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Inspector General of Police (IGP), Additional Director General of Police (ADG) and finally the Director General of Police (DGP).

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You cannot put off getting the tax assessed for your apartment because of your apprehensions that someone in the ARO’s office will demand a bribe. Please acquaint yourself with the procedures and then visit the office and ensure that the work is done. If you are harassed for bribes, then you should complain to the supervisory officer. In this case, the Revenue Officer or escalate the matter to the Commissioner of the Municipality concerned.

Please ask your broker to provide you with the requisite Government notifications converting the land from agricultural to non-agricultural land. If there is no such notification, you will have to follow the procedures for conversion of land from agricultural to commercial use.

Please get in touch with the following by way of a written complaint supported by documentary and/or electronic evidence. Vague, unsubstantiated allegations will not be taken seriously by the authorities:

A prescribed fee is charged by the RTO if a citizen wants a specific registration number. Please visit your jurisdictional RTO, pay the prescribed fee and get the number of your choice by following the procedure. You don’t have to go through the salesperson but access the RTO directly.

The police have no powers in the above matter. You are not expected to pay any police officer in cash or kind. Please meet a senior police officer of the rank of SP or above in Jamshedpur, present a written complaint narrating the facts with all details and demand action against the concerned Daroga and other police officers.

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